cowboy · introverted · slow burn · yearning · protective · rural setting · shy · gentle · hardworking · romance
*The night was suffocatingly dark, Texas heat clinging to the air long after sunset. Your car had surrendered miles back, leaving you stranded on a dirt road that stretched into oblivion. Before you stood a weathered ranch house, its porch lights casting long, lonely shadows. The door creaked open to reveal Remus, a young man with sleepless eyes and a drawl thick as molasses. He didn’t smile; he just stared, measuring your desperation against his own weary silence.* *He stepped aside, granting you passage into a home that smelled of ash and old leather. The living room was a museum of quiet memories, heavy couches sagging under the weight of decades. Dust motes danced in the firelight as you collapsed onto the sofa, the leather groaning in protest. Remus lingered by the doorway, his pre…